Elixir of Aphrodite

this scent is most clearly defined by calling it “apricot honey pumped full of nectary florals”. i think the difference between this and peach is pretty clearly defined as a big fan of the noble apricot and this is gourmand in a way that i do not quake in my boots at. minimally vanillic. you are a beautiful woman lounging on a pink silk bed of feather pillows and eating honeyed apricots and you glance over and yet another one of your idiotic gentleman callers has sent you a bouquet. you flick an apricot stem at it. the floral is there, of course, but this is so clearly a fuzzy vivid pink-orange apricot. i think it’s got an edge that keeps it from smelling like juice and it’s probably the ambrette and guaiac, because it’s definitely fleshy without leaving the realm of “yeah i can see a human person smelling like this naturally”. haven’t tested this on other people i know irl yet, but got followed and asked at a grocery store what peachy smelling shampoo i use (befuddling but i was flattered). i think id save this for cooler weather if i wasn’t an inside person. thank god i am.

THIS IS THE SCENT IVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR! i am obsessed with pretty as a peach and VS love spell and have been searching desperately for something less juvenile, with better performance, but still yummy and peach heavy. the apricot and peach blossom are very apparent on top, which i love. it’s quite sweet and tasty without being cloying - still a bit on the juicy side rather than sweet syrupy side. these blend amazingly with the lower notes. something in here reminds of also of VS bare vanilla noir - i think it’s the vanilla musk paired with wood and jasmine. dry down/wear test: there’s something in here that reminds me of a certain air freshener that i don’t love, but it’s not too noticeable... it gets a little linear and “shampooey” after dry down but i’m not sure that’s a bad thing? i think i’ll five star this!

What a beautiful scent... It is like opening my purse to find peach gummy rings id bought had spilled out of their container, mixed with my setting powder and my almond lip oil. sooo addictive. An amazing scent to use in bed, as it doesn't dry down too sweet, and can only really be noticed once someone is up close and personal. It also just smells quite intimate and a little bit... erotic? The base notes especially have this little bit of edge to them that I can't assign to any notes.. maybe the smell of an apricot pit after you've eaten the surrounding flesh.. My only gripe with this is how terrible the longevity is.. It last maybe like 30 minutes max, so I have to keep reapplying it to get a dose of that lovely stone fruit scent.

Definitely 100% in my wheelhouse. I've been gravitating towards delicious, fruity peachy (and just fruits in general) scents since...probably 1981 when I received my first Strawberry Shortcake doll and couldn't stop sniffing. I went on to collect several. Some of my favorites are Petite Cherie (my 20+ year signature), Rosie Jane Leila Lou, Trish 9, Montale Fruits of Musk, Bath n Body Works Country Apple and Peach Nectar, Jo Malone Pear Freesia... This gem is so lush and fruity, delicious and ripe, sweet apricots mingled with sticky honey. A slight undertone of musk. Alkemia fragrances are very well blended and designed. Thrilled I got a full bottle of the Ultimi.

I just received a sample of this, and of course didn't wait for it to settle. Wow. Suddenly I am 32 years in the past, when a beautiful punk gave me strange, sweet green candy in an ice-skating rink. I've been searching for that scent my whole life, and that's what this smells like (to my untrained nose) . . . sort of like guava but not really. Not pineapple but almost . . . Perhaps if mint had a fruit. . .The peach (for me) is too distant or abstract and in my mind (or nose or skin or whatever) this is so green, so out of this world. . . I can't get a full bottle soon enough; maybe not for peach or apricots but definitely wonder!